EFF leader Julius Malema’s five-year prison sentence for a 2018 incident at an EFF rally in Mdantsane has been described by legal experts as excessive, with some warning that it could be increased to as much as 10 years if a higher court finds the magistrate was “too lenient.”
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Floyd Shivambu’s Mayibuye Movement has made a bold statement that it targets to oust the liberation movement African National Congress (ANC) and takeover as the governing party in South Africa.
Speaking at Free State’s first consultation meeting of the movement held in Bloemfontein this week, former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Deputy President and former uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) Secretary General, now Mayibuye national convener, Shivambu said they will not be contesting for political power or to become an opposition party post the next national government elections.
“We will not be contesting for political power or becoming an opposition, but a movement that will be the government of South Africa. Young people must be at the forefront of the struggles and must define the pace and character of every revolution,” said Shivambu.
He was addressing representatives from the province’s five regions, he said the movement will focus on giving the previously disadvantaged groups a chance to fight for equality in the country.
He said that black majority and Africans were promised their freedom during the 1994 election, but they never fully had it.
“1994 happened as the first inclusive elections for all people who reside in this part of the African continent. That came with a promise that such is going to be accompanied by a better life for all, but it appears 31 years after that it is no better than apartheid,” said Floyd.
